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Saturday, March 2, 2013

Chocolate Chip Cookies

It seems I'm pretty well trained. The smell of freshly baked cookies, cakes, pies and other assorted desserts doesn't do much for me anymore. I know, by the very smell, that either the Red Hatters, Bridge Club, Church Ladies, Kiwanis, Book Club, Birthday Club, coffee klatchers, and other friends, and neighbor women will be soon arriving for dessert. DON'T TOUCH is the rule. Leftovers might possibly be available later. This brings to mind the following only slightly apocryphal story.
A very old man lay dying in his bed. In death's doorway, he suddenly smelled the aroma of his favorite chocolate chip cookie wafting up the stairs. He gathered his remaining strength and lifted himself from the bed. Leaning against the wall, he slowly made his way out of the bedroom, and with even greater effort forced himself down the stairs, gripping the railing with both hands. With labored breath, he leaned against the door frame, gazing into the kitchen. Were it not for death's agony, he would have thought himself already in heaven.. There, spread out on newspapers on the kitchen table was literally hundreds of his favorite chocolate chip cookies. Was it heaven? Or was it one final act of heroic love from his devoted wife, seeing to it that he left this world a happy man? Mustering one great final effort, he threw himself toward the table. The aged and withered hand, shaking, made its way to a cookie at the edge of the table, when he was suddenly smacked with a spatula by his wife. "Stay out of those," she said. "They're for the funeral."

13 comments:

Linda said...

Now that was an unexpected end to the story!

Bekkieann said...

Haha! That made me laugh out loud!

Primitive Stars said...

Morning, tee hee.....love that one.......nothing like a chocolate chip cookie fresh baked, Francine.

Montanagirl said...

Oh my gosh - that's hilarious! I didn't suspect that last sentence at alL! LOVE it!!

Anvilcloud said...

Great joke.

Ms Sparrow said...

Your accompanying photo made my mouth water. Now the bad thing about baking cookies is that you can't bake just one. You have to make a whole batch that will hang around tantalizing and beckoning you to overindulge until you wind up hating yourself in the morning. So I say, "Bah humbug to homemade buttery cookies!"

amanda said...

☺ Made me chuckle.
I made cookies this week to contribute to a bake sale for a good cause.. and my kids couldn't believe I was giving them all away when they walked in the door after school.
"Don't touch" was what they heard, as well. (though they bought enough treats later to more than make up for it.)
Chocolate chip cookies are my favorite!

PC said...

Good one!

NCmountainwoman said...

Funny story.

Note to Mrs. T: I'm entering a plea for Troutbirder. Everyone knows those cookies are best when warm and gooey straight from the oven. Make the cookies smaller so there will be more of them.

Catherine said...

Bawhahahahaha!!! Oh my stars - too funny!!! Oh those cookies caught my eye. Yum!!

You are too cute.

xo Catherine

Tammie Lee said...

oh my gosh, what a story!!

Ien in the Kootenays said...

LOL! Great story.

Ien in the Kootenays said...

LOL! Great story.